Grasshopper (mobile app)

{{Short description|Mobile software application}}

{{Infobox software

| logo = Google Grasshopper icon.png

| developer = Google

| released = {{Start date and age|2017|06|20|df=yes}}

| discontinued = {{End date and age|2023|06|15|}}

| operating system = Android, iOS

| website = {{URL|https://learn.grasshopper.app}}

}}

Grasshopper was an app developed by Google that taught users to code with JavaScript.{{Cite web |title=Learn to Code |url=https://grasshopper.app/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Grasshopper |language=en |archive-date=2022-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206202644/https://grasshopper.app/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Cagle |first=Tess |date=2018-04-21 |title=Google app 'Grasshopper' offers games to help you learn to code |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/google-app-grasshopper/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} Available for IOS and Android operating systems, the program had aimed to teach with small "bite-size" coding lessons.{{Cite web |title=Learn to Code |url=https://learn.grasshopper.app/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Grasshopper}}{{Cite web |title=Best language learning smartphone apps for Android and iOS |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/best-language-learning-smartphone-apps-for-android-and-ios/slidelist/88664564.cms |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Business Insider}}{{Cite web |date=2018-04-19 |title=How Google's Grasshopper app can help professionals learn to code for free |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-googles-grasshopper-app-can-help-professionals-learn-to-code-for-free/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=TechRepublic |language=en-US}} The program got harder as it progressed, and upon finishing the program, the user was given a certificate of completion. Assessments were not required to gain the certificate of completion Grasshopper mobile was released in 2017.

In March 2023, Google announced that Grasshopper would shut down on June 15, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Damien |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Area 120 code-coaching app Grasshopper to shut down June 2023 |url=https://9to5google.com/2023/03/13/grasshopper-shut-down/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313091324/https://9to5google.com/2023/03/13/grasshopper-shut-down/ |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=March 16, 2023 |website=9to5Google}}